Watch The Med Alarm Phone Investigations – 29th of May 2023Case name: 2023_05_29-ATL027
Situation: 52 travellers in distress in the Atlantic Ocean, rescued by Salvamento Maritimo and brought to Lanzarote.
Status of WTM Investigation: Concluded
Place of Incident: Atlantic Ocean
Summary of the case: On Monday the 29th of May 2023, the Alarm Phone shift team was alerted by a relative to a group of 52 travellers, including 11 women and two children, in distress in the Atlantic Ocean. The travellers had left from Tan Tan in the early morning of the 27th of May on a black rubber boat. We managed to reach the travellers and got their GPS position, The travellers told us that they had no fuel left onboard. We immediately alerted the Spanish search and rescue organisation Salvamento Maritimo, relaying all the information we had.
Later, we learned that a boat that matched the description we had been given had been rescued and brought to Lanzarote. The relative soon after confirmed that the boat in question had been rescued.
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